| Show Utah Virgin Valley Is Reached by Zion Motor Cars Carl Car m m mm J J- J mm Little Maxwell the First Auto Aut Ever in This Section I J T r ii t z t i. i i t SI I lit IllI i 1 11 l r i m i l I I I I I l r I S I i Ii I I II II I I i I n a less CF A Y q N ION a KR I r rAgain Again the little Maxwell takes first place as pathfinder In blazing anew a anew anew new trail across country Accompanied AccompanIed Accompanied Ac Ac- companied by Dolph Andrus of ot Bluff muff Utah O. O C. C Hanson and Dr W W. H HHopkins H. H I Hopkins of Salt Lake IL Stanley Hinrichs IUn- IUn richs chief of tho United States field division on made a n. trip of or exploration and investigation that finds rinds few equals in automobile touring annals Dolph Andrus Is postmaster and superintendent su su- of ot schools in Bluff and anda andery a ery very enthusiastic and prominent citizen citizen cit cit- izen and booster for tor that section of ot tho the country and it U was in his Maxwell MaxI Maxwell Max Max- well roadster that the p party of four I made the trip Although Andrus had hall previously gone gono over the proposed route on horse horseback bark and blocked out the road he ho considered feasible for Cor automobiles au au- to negotiate many of or his hla friends in Bluff seriously tried to dl- dl vf vart vert him from making this rash trip they considering it impracticable and 1 dangerous to attempt in an automobile A Andrus drus was firm finn however In his determination determination de de- termination to make time the trial and he be placed himself as driver and his caras car caras as conveyance at the disposal of or the Salt Lake Lako party According to Andrus this Is the first time an automobile has hiss ever crossed the Ule San Juan river and traversed the Monumental l valley from Bluff and tills this wild and unexplored re region lon was pierced to a a. distance of ot fifty miles mUes by the intrepid little Maxwell According to Hinrichs lack of ot time was all that prevented the te party from continuing right through to the Grand I canyon The Time trip was market marked by bv many exciting ex- ex exi i citing Incidents and l narrow escapes for the car and for tho the party and although the distance negotiated Included In eluded the worst roads and worst mountains between Bluff and the Grand canyon not a single mishap occurred oc oc- not not even a punctured tire The Time crossing crossin of tho the Comb Reef a very I precipitous range of ot mountains was I unusually difficult and hazardous but butI was successfully negotiated and Andrus An An- Andrus drus states that having accomplished I this there is no obstruction between Bluff and und the Ule Grand canyon that would prevent making tho the trip right through by automobile Now that Monumental valley has been crossed only fifty miles remain of time tho distance between Bluff and the Grand canyon to bo ho traversed when the tho connecting link will be bo formed between between be be- tween two of ot the most wonderful scenic scenic scenic nic localities in tho the United States Slates and another popular motor car ar route willbe will willbe willbe be nut on tho the map HinrIchs is especially Interested In inthe time the opening up of or this beautiful country coun coun- country try to tourist travel on account of or ortho tho the fact that since the tho great European conflict bp began lIn thousands of ot erstwhile trans Atlantic tourists are becoming more attentive to the beauties of ot lh their lr own country and that the next few tew years will wUl see a steadily Increasing stream of ot automobiles threading their way through the various beautiful na national parks and scenic wonders wonder of to 1 West est Jm Hinrichs Hinriche states slates that the tally P erY which abounds In Monumental l Ve alley in is second to none in fu the cOM rJ Gnu an expose p Pt 1 e a that at a 1 very nominal good ool road could bo be made f hundred hun hun- n h n. n e 0 be- be between e- e in inter dred or so miles which tho theraid rand Canyon Canyon Can Can- an tween Bluff Utah and randt Ing S thousands thou thou- t thousands ous ou- ou yon of ot the Colorado s sands of ot motorists eve eve ever year from irom e ser sec SP East and West to this pl pi speaking P kinS ot of Uon tion of the time country in n the time trip alt p 1 II us f tr from rom Lack Lark of or limy t p IrM r J muff Bluff to tn the making tho the trio f ft Tp Grand can canyon von I co coq COM Ider der T that int An Andrus 8 has performed a notable teat flat In n drU- drU I eau that a val nl- travel from Bluff to ley Ho and many others have traversed traversed tra tra- versed the road from Mesa Verdo national park to Bluff Thousands of ot people visit the Mesa Verde every year and up to this time no one has attempted to go further west towards the Grand canyon than Bluff Many l of these lhee people would go on west to the Grand canyon canon and thence to California California Cali Call fornia if It they knew that It Is Js possible to do doso so A great many more people people peo pee plc however visit the Grand canyon every year perhaps as many as during last year among them a great many A great many of ot these I people would go on ou to the time Mesa Verde national park parle and through the beautiful beau I summer resorts of ot Colorado If It they knew that the tho trip could be made Andrus has made mado the tile trio from the tho Grand canyon to Bluff on horseback and states that in this trip which we made with him he lie has climbed the tho worst hills between Grand canyon and the Mesa i Verde Verdo Automobiles have proceeded as far as Lees Lee's Ferry from the Grand canyon and Andrus states that the worst obstacles that are presented presented pre pre- between Leos Leo's Ferry and Monumental Monumental Mono mental valley aro twenty twenty five five miles of ot sand between Monumental valley and and that he is prepared to pilot any anyone ono from the Mesa Verde to rand the Grand canyon Tho Tito trip from tho ho Mesa Verde to the Grand canyon would be a very Tery Interesting one and there are several Interesting side trips to lo be made Ono One JUI might ht leave his h automobile at Bluff when guides Jullies and pack trains can be secured for a n five five day nay trip to the th threw three natural brid bridges which we visited and which nr are truly great wonders of nature nature na na- ture The road to them also is one of ot exceptional interest Not ot only in Is t thero fine flue mountain scenery with canyons can CAD yone In fn which the effect of ot erosion Is fa similar to that of ot the Grand canyon on a D. small scale but that there are frequent cliff dwellers' dwellers ruins and caves coves which tempt one to stop and explore at ot very frequent Intervals Monumental valley valloy also Is 18 worth visiting visit visit- visiting In ing and at guides and packhorses pack palk packhorses hor horses es ron ran be secured cured for tor side Bide trios to the Rainbow natural bridge and the remarkable rt ruins which constitute the Nova Navajo n jo national notional monument At a comparatively el small all expense an on automobile road could be constructed construct ed ad from Bluff to the natural bridges about shout seventy five miles distant and this should be bo done and it would bea be bo boa a a very popular trip for I The TIle first road Into Bluff Is passed panned within throe three miles mUes of ot one ont of or the th three A natural bridges s. This Thin road malt is known I Va liS for tho Old Mormon Trull nil was vas built during th tits th winter of 1579 SO and I most of ot It t could be out in conn ion lOIl I d dillon i for automobiles automobile with the e ea of a small sum lIum of money monc rod and there Is I. no part of or it which would require any extraordinary expense expense- to put in condition for automobile travel I In fact cattle men now have e camps beyond the time natural bridges and transport trans trans- transport port their supplies by wagon trans trans-I from Bluff to these Ulese camps The rho natural bridges aro said sald to be lIe a aroma among the thA most remarkable ones that have bave been found They are certainly well worth visiting anti and will undoubtedly always constitute a great asset asset or for the tho state I of Utah because of ot tho visitors the they will attract |
